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Editors' Picks
- Important opinions published in Virginia Lawyers Weekly
- Paid sick leave bill ‘likely’ to pass, attorneys say
- Agency board member shielded by sovereign immunity
- Much-anticipated report issued on legal deserts, drop in lawyers
- Firearms instructor unlawfully fired after safety complaints
- New information justified second frisk for firearm
News in Brief
- Virginia Democrats pave way for new map that could net them four House seats
- EDVa. prosecutor fired for declining to lead Comey indictment
- VSB Disciplinary Actions
- Capital One settlement approved after earlier rejection
- SCOTUS narrows bar on ‘successive’ PCR filings
- Supreme Court of Virginia announces staffing changes
Opinion Digests
- Habeas Corpus – Defendant granted habeas relief for Brady violation
- Prisons – VDOC defendants dismissed from inmate’s lawsuit over hearing aid
- Search & Seizure – Police did not impermissibly extend traffic stop
- Civil Rights – Deputy’s appeal from denial of qualified immunity motion is dismissed
- Prisons – Inmate’s excessive force claim survives prison officials’ motion to dismiss
- Negligence – Coach defeats student’s claim of gross negligence
- Criminal-Police had reasonable suspicion to conduct Terry stop
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – 8-year-old dies of heart malformation
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Hit head-on, plaintiff suffers spine, bowel and knee injuries
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Truck driver injured after log falls, crashes into his truck
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Decedent killed by tractor-trailer, not truck accident
- Medical Malpractice – Patient dies after delay in receiving an EKG
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Three suffer serious injuries after rear-end highway collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence -Record wrongful death settlement for woman killed in crash
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